Opinion

Rainbow Warrior bombing by French secret agents remembered 41 years on

Mānawatia a Matariki! Flashback 41 years on: One year ago marking the 40th anniversary of the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior, Te Aniwaniwa Paterson wrote this article. Further reading: David...

‘If we don’t save Dr Abu Safiya, he’ll die in prison’ – released detainees on Gaza doctor

By Qassam Muaddi On June 10, Dr Hussam Abu Safiya appeared on a screen before Israel’s Supreme Court via...

The Gaza doctrine – Israeli ‘journacide’ and the muted NZ media response

COMMENTARY: By David Robie, Pacific Media Watch A friend and colleague, Solidarity columnist Eugene Doyle, posed a brief question...

The reckoning – what the US-Iran MOU means in reality for Israel

ANALYSIS: By Lim Tean It is a peculiar kind of defeat — one dressed in the language of victory....

David Robie: Decolonisation, the climate crisis, and improving media education in the Pacific

PROFILE: By Mong Palatino Global Voices has interviewed veteran Aotearoa New Zealand writer and educator David Robie who discussed...

Barbara Dreaver: Pacific leaders’ poor choice for top Forum job an insult

COMMENTARY: By Barbara Dreaver, Pacific correspondent of 1News The appointment of Baron Waqa, former President of Nauru, to head the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) next...

Solidarity medical aid convoy breaches blockade and says: ‘Gaza isn’t alone’

SPECIAL REPORT: By Roger Fowler A delegation of the Miles of Smiles 41st solidarity aid convoy recently entered Gaza to deliver more than US$200,000 of...

Inside PNG: Media must be watchdog not government-controlled

EDITORIAL: Inside PNG Papua New Guinea’s Communications Minister, Timothy Masiu, has proposed a new policy that, if implemented, will affect the constitutional rights of freedom...

Papuan cat-and-mouse over NZ pilot taken captive by ‘freedom’ rebels

BACKGROUNDER: By David Robie Papuan independence rebels are playing a desperate game of cat and mouse with Indonesian authorities over their hostage taking last week...

Peter Lusk: Reflections on my mahi with peace researcher Owen Wilkes

The Owen Wilkes book Peacemonger, edited by May Bass and Mark Derby, was due to be launched in Wellington today after earlier launches in...

Why a NZ pilot is a pawn in the West Papua conflict that the world ignores

ANALYSIS: By Camellia Webb-Gannon, University of Wollongong “Phil Mehrtens is the nicest guy, he genuinely is — no one ever had anything bad to say...